Zuriñe Piña Landaburu, autor en Archivoz

“Nanook of the North”: a pioneering work in the documentary genre

by Zuriñe Piña Landaburu | Jul 29, 2022 | Audiovisual documentation

The documentary genre is booming: on most audiovisual resource platforms, such as Netflix, it is common to find many works in this genre. It is a narrative resource that has evolved: our readers will have in mind the classic animal documentaries, which nowadays...

The Survivors of the Titanic (1912)

by Zuriñe Piña Landaburu | Jun 17, 2022 | Audiovisual documentation

The story of the Titanic is well known: the unsinkable ship, the ocean liner considered the pinnacle of luxury and technology at the time that did not survive its maiden voyage. It became even more popular thanks to director James Cameron’s 1997 film, in which...

“The Great Gatsby” first version (1926)

by Zuriñe Piña Landaburu | Apr 8, 2022 | Audiovisual documentation

Cinema and literature have been together since the beginning. Many literary works have been adapted for the big screen. Some, like “Little women” by Louise May Alcott, have been adapted up to seven times. It’s not a surprise that the cinema, as a massive medium from...

Ephemera, February 25: The first electrical recording

by Zuriñe Piña Landaburu | Mar 4, 2022 | Audiovisual documentation, Ephemeris

Since the beginning, the evolution of audio recording techniques has been remarkable and rapid. Some of these formats, wax cylinders for instance, were mechanical in nature: recordings were engraved on the cylinder’s outer surface and were reproduced by means of a...

“The Christmas Dream,” a film from 1900

by Zuriñe Piña Landaburu | Dec 16, 2021 | Audiovisual documentation

As Christmas approaches, we begin to hear songs, see films, and read announcements in the media related to the season. We already relate this holiday to certain screen classics, like “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), “The Nightmare before Christmas”...